Hi Marie & Baz ~~~ Welcome to the T bar, great place to be, everyone is so helpful. very surprised you have had problems with your LE500, got a couple in our club (i am secretary of Epsom Area MG Owners Club) and they have been fine, also following progress of one that editor at MG Enthusiast has and has now done 10K . sure that everyone would be interested in knowing your problems, the more we share, the more we help others on T bar with their wonderful MGs ~ regards Bryan:grouphug: